Cool Sites

Random Fun

AllMagic.com
BattleBots Official site with combat rules, robot profiles and tips
Beginner's Guide to Model Rockets NASA's site explains rocket design, flight characteristics & aerodynamics
Bored.com
Chess
Chess Server
Free Chess
Hobbit Name Generator
Internet Public Library Teen Page
Lego Mindstorms
Sodaplay Online model construction site
Spank!   Youth Culture Online
Student Center An online community for college students, high school students, and teens
Surfing the Net with Kids New topic each week with games, quizzes & lots of fun stuff
ThinkQuest Programs designed to advance education through the use of technology. Includes ThinkQuest Internet Challenge for students ages 12 - 19.
Twinkies Project T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. = Tests With Inorganic Noxious Kakes In Extreme Situations. T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. is a series of experiments conducted at Rice University. The tests were designed to determine the properties of that incredible food, the Twinkie.
Urban Legends
Useless Knowledge
Wacky Web Tales Create your own wacky stories

Comics

Akiko Michigan comic artist Mark Crilley's site
Anime Web Turnpike Find anime and manga sites easily
Comic Art & Graffix Gallery
Comic Books From About.com
Comics Worth Reading
Diamond Comic Distribution
Graphic Novels
How to Draw Manga
Little White Mouse Another Michigan comic artist, Paul Sizer
Thieves and Kings Mark Oakley's official website
The Webcomic List
Wizardworld.com   See what your comics are worth

Movies & Television

MovieWeb
Rotten Tomatoes Movie & Game Reviews
The Internet Movie Database
Zap2It TV, movie, music news

Music

Pollstar: The Concert Hotwire
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Yahoo Music

Internet Games

Games Domain
GameSpot
Internet Chess Club
Nintendo
Wizards of the Coast
Runescape
World of Warcraft
ItsYourTurn.com Online games

Poetry

PoeticLicense - Documentary & curriculum on youth poetry
Magnetic Poetry
Teen Ink Teen magazine with poetry, reviews and lots more.
YouthSpeaks - Youth poetry organization based in New York and San Francisco (the home-base of team SF from the National Youth Poetry Slam)
UpWords - Youth poetry organization based in Connecticut
Wordsmiths Anthology of writing by teens on the web from the New York Public Library

 

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